Fishing guide



Nav. 28, 1950 M, G| |CK 2,532,061

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/N VEN roR M. GLICK H7- -r-ORA/EY Patented Nov. Z8, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT' O FFICE FISHING GUIDE Murry Glick, St..Louis, Mo.

Application March 25, 1946', Serial No. 656,909

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and usefulV improvement in shing guides, and has for its principal object to provide a relatively simple device that is easy to manipulate and is also inexpensive to make. Another object is to so construct my fishing guide that it is small and compact and can easily` be carried in a pocket or billfold.

Still another object is to provide a series. of revoluble dials having indicia thereon whereby a series of numbers will appear when said dials arefrotated in accordance with observable data and a calendar date arranged according to phases of the moon, whereby. upon the addition4 of said numbers and reference to a. scale carried upon a surface of said guide the fishing guide will indicate whether fishing should be undertaken or not, and the person using said guide can generally know whether he should undertake the shing trip or not.

I prefer to make my fishing guide nat and preferably with the indicia on the dials observable on one face thereof and the instructions and the scale to be used, when the numbers appearing on the said dials have been combined, on the opposite face.

Fig. 1 is a face view of my shing guide. Y

Fig. 2 is the opposite face View of my guide to that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view taken on line 3--3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a View taken on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is the dial having indicia thereon relating to weather and with a series of numerals thereon.

Fig. 6 is the dial having indicia thereon relating to water and also with a series of numerals thereon. Y

Fig. 7 is the dial having indicia thereon relating to wind and also with a series of numerals thereon.

Fig. 8 is the dial having indicia thereon relating to barometer and also with a series of numerals thereon.

Fig. 9 is the dial having the numerals 1 to 31 thereon and relates to the calendar arranged according to the appearance of the new moon in each month.

In my observations of factors which may influence the catching of fish in our streams it seems that weather, wind, barometer, stream conditions,`

and the phase of the moon are important, and when used as a guide it has been my experience that in a large majority of times the success of the fishing trip may be quite certainly assured. I have created a small, flat, and compact structure which can be conveniently carried in a pocket or billfold and can be quicklyV and conveniently manipulated to tell from observable data whether one can expect favorable orL unfavorable fishing results.

In the drawings:

A. mounting A -is provided with a series of revoluble dials as follows: l designates the dial in the upper left-hand portion (Fig. 1) 0f the mounting A and relates to the condition oi the weather as apparent to the observer. 2 designates the dial in the upper right-hand portion (Fig. 1.)Y of the mounting A and relates to the condition of the water of the stream to be fished. 3 designates the dial in the lower left-hand portion (Fig. 1) of the mounting A and relates to the direction of the wind. 4 designates the di-al in the lower right-portion (Fig. 1) of the mounting A and relates to the barometer reading. 5 designates the dial at the lower center of the mounting A (Fig. l) and relates to the dates of the month and phases of thev moon. The dials I to 5 are revolubly mounted in the mounting A, as at 6.

The mounting A is formed of a face member 'l of a conguration clearly shown in Fig. 1, a flat member 8, and a flat member 9, all clearly shown in side cross-sectional elevation in Figs. 3 and 4.

The indicia I0 on the flat member 8 is an arrangement of the twelve months of the year arranged around the upper half of the dial 5 according to the date of the new moon for each month, and the months have index lines associated therewith so that when the dial 5 is rotated one of the indicia Hi can be alined with the index line for the desired day of the month depicted on the outer edge of dial 5. This arrangement, as shown in Fig. 1, is calculated for the year 1946. The guide as to the arrangement of the months and to the date of the new moon in each month must be changed each year, because each new year will bring about a necessary change in the location of the days of the month on date dial 5. The days of the new moon are ascertainable from an ordinary calendar, and the months having the same date for the new moon are grouped together on the flat member 8. An index line is positioned so that it leads from said grouped months to the periphery of dial 5, so that when said dial is rotated the date for the new moon in said grouped months may be positioned opposite said index line.

It will be'noted. in Fig. 1 that a portion of each of dials I to 5 projects beyond the upper and lower edges of the mounting A, so that said dials may be easily rotated. Also, the mounting A is provided with circular apertures II through which the numerals on the dials I to 4 may be seen.

On dial 5 there appears a curved line I2 which is observable through a vertical slot I3 in the face member "l, and is adapted to be used with a numerical scale I4, showing the numerals 0, 2, 4, and 6, and to indicate which of said numerals is to be used when adding up the diierent numbers on the face of member 8 to be employed in using the chart I5 on the back of the member 9. In Calibrating the month indicia I0 with respect tothe periphery of dial 5, said dial is rst positioned so as to read 0 on scale I4 and as thus fixed the month indicia are then located with respect to the dial such that their indices coincide with that number on the dial which corresponds to the day in that month on which a new moon occurs.

Instructions for using my iishing guide appear on the back of the member 9, just above the chart I5.

I claim: i

A lfishing guide comprising a pair of fiat members rigidly secured together and a plurality of disks mounted on independent axes and rotatably positioned between said flat members and having indicia thereon adjacent their peripheries relative to the weather, to the state of the stream to be iished, to the Wind, and to the barometer, respectively, and having respective, correlatively positioned numerals thereon adapted to be observed through apertures in one of said ilat members when said indicia are exposed adjacent the peripheral edge of said one of said dat members as a reading line, a radially slotted and apertured member rigidly secured to said at members and having an arcuate portion, a disk rotatably secured between said slotted member and said one of the flat members and having the numbers 1 to 31, inclusive, thereon arranged adjacent its periphery so as to be observable around said arcuate portion, the names of the months of the year being arranged in a particular manner on said one of the flat members and provided with indicia for registry with said numbers, numerals adjacent the slot of said radially slotted member, a polar curve outlining an eccentrically shaped gure on said last-named rotatable disk for association with said numerals.

MURRY GLICK.

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